Genealogy or the study of family lines is not a new science but the availability of online tools for research has transformed the hobby from a rather exclusive pursuit into something anybody can do in their spare time.
Using the Gov.uk site to search the General Register Office is just one of the ways that people can hunt down their long-lost ancestors – or even parents and siblings.
There was no shortage of authors, writers, broadcasters, and musicians at this year’s East Riding Festival of Words.
It featured 14 events organised by East Riding Libraries, with authors including John Bevis, Matson Taylor, Freya Sampson, and Jeffrey Boakye, as well as music from Luke Carver Goss and Gary Hammond.
Take a look at a new calendar featuring Beverley, a beautiful market town in East Yorkshire.
Beverley Civic Society’s “Beverley from Above” calendar for 2023 highlights this beautiful market town in East Yorkshire.
Remarkable Rock will fill the historic and beautiful St. Mary’s Church in Beverley with its soaring guitar solos and rich harmonies this November.
Featuring a choir of over 80 singers, a live band of professional musicians, and special support acts, Remarkable promises an evening of fantastic live music.
With a focus on the enforcement of road traffic laws, the Safer Roads Humber Partnership continues its ‘Share the Road’ campaign. It takes hard work and dedication to pass the driving test and earn the privilege of driving.
Speeding, using a handheld mobile phone while driving, and being impaired by alcohol and drugs can and will result in that privilege being revoked.
Beverley Rotary Club members enjoyed a presentation at Fergusson Fawsitt by two 16-year-olds, Grace Stubbings of Helperthorpe and Marillious Kelly of Winestead, who recently attended a Rotary Youth Leadership Award course.
After a fine performance the previous week Beverley lapsed back into their bad habits of earlier in the season and deservedly paid the price.
Basic errors and ill-discipline abounded throughout. Twelve penalties conceded in the first half alone says it all. Rishworthians not so much achieved the victory as had it handed to them on a plate.
It is at this time that many people will be looking for ways to protect the UK’s wildlife ahead of Bonfire Night this weekend.
Here are Barratt Developments Yorkshire East’s top tips for protecting hedgehogs in your local area in autumn and winter.
We rely on automated technology to carry out most of the important industrial activities in today’s world, ranging from producing power to weaving fabric in factories.
Fortunately, this technological advancement has led us to a point where we can innovate at unimaginable parameters. This is due to automation technology.
Power of Poetry artwork from the Rugby League World Cup will be displayed in Beverley, East Yorkshire after this weekend’s doubleheader in Hull.
It will be displayed between 2pm and 10pm at Wednesday Market on Wednesday, 9 November 2022.
Beverley Film Society will be looking to build on its success as they return to Parkway Cinema in East Yorkshire for November with Petite Maman.
As a young girl copes with the death of her maternal grandmother, she bonds with her mother.
An East Yorkshire farmer in Beswick near Beverley has been named as the North East’s first NFU Community Farming Hero.
For more than 30 years, John Duggleby has worked to prevent persistent flooding from ravaging local farming and rural communities.
A new production by the Beverley Theatre Company (BTC) will be adapted from Robert Louis Stephenson’s famous novella ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ by Nicholas Briggs.
Many versions of the story of a doctor who transforms into the evil Mr Hyde have been adapted over the years, including Spencer Tracy’s 1941 film version and James Nesbitt’s 2007 BBC adaptation.
Teams in Beverley, East Yorkshire and across Vistry Yorkshire united to add a splash of colour to their working days. This was done to support Breast Cancer Now, a national charity.
Thousands of people across the country participated in Breast Cancer Now’s ‘Wear it Pink’ campaign. Staff did this by wearing pink at Vistry’s head office and its Bovis and Linden Homes brands.
Festive family musical The Pirates of Christmas Island is heading East Yorkshire libraries including Beverley this December.
“The Pirates of Christmas Island” is the brand-new festive musical from She Productions that’ll save Christmas from being ‘rubbish’.
Dove House is looking for 24 wannabe dancers for Strictly in 2023. The rehearsals will take place every Thursday night down Southcoates Lane HU9, from 7pm-9pm starting on 12 January.
In order to enter, you must raise £500 in sponsorship.
In the historic Beverley Minster, University Centre Bishop Burton (UCBB) students, staff and friends gathered for an impressive graduation ceremony.
Among the 130 graduates were students who studied agriculture, animal sciences, criminology, equine, floristry, sport, exercise science, and health, as well as teacher training.
It has become a tradition for many to attend Richard Durrant’s candlelit Christmas concerts every year. Including those held in Beverley, East Yorkshire.
Especially among those who prefer a less commercial, more acoustic atmosphere to their midwinter, this feast of folk and early music, carols and originals seem to strike just the right note.